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El Beh is a theater artist, performer, musician, and educator with a degree in Theater, Dance and Performance Studies from UC Berkeley. She will be appearing next in Taylor Mac's A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, a 24-hour concert in New York this October and with detour dance and EmSpace Dance in Shotgun's BLAST Festival in February. El is a proud company member of Mugwumpin and detour dance and co-host of Drag Spectacular Spectacular.
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Mick Mize has been performing in the Bay Area for nearly ten years. He began at Shakespeare Santa Cruz, moved on to Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, and has worked with Impact, SF Shakes, BACT, Shotgun, and many more. He was the audience plant for Cirque du Soleil's Dralion in 2012, and is a proud company member of Just Theater. He likes heavy books, climbing trees, and is a half-decent yo-yoer.
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Elissa Beth Stebbins is appearing as part of Shotgun's repertory season in both The Village Bike and Caught, after having first worked here in last season's The Rover. Elissa is a dedicated actor and teaching artist, whose credits include Marin Theatre Company, TheatreWorks, Crowded Fire, Cutting Ball, Livermore Shakespeare Festival, and New Conservatory Theatre Center, among others. She is a proud recipient of Theatre Bay Area's Titan Award, and is a TBA FACES honoree. elissabethstebbins.com
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Jomar Tagatac is excited to make his Shotgun Players debut with this project. His most recent credits include Dogeaters (The Magic Theatre), Monstress (The Strand; ACT) Life is a Dream (Calshakes) Value Over Replacement (PlayGround) and Every 5 Minutes (The Magic Theatre). Other credits include Jesus in India, The Happy Ones (The Magic Theatre) Rights of Passage (New Conservatory Theater). Jomar has been in workshops for A.C.T, The Magic Theatre, Marin Theater Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Theaterworks and Playwrights Foundation. Jomar earned his B.A in Theater from San Diego State University and a Master of Fine Arts Degree from A.C.T. Jomar is a Teaching Artist, and a Playground Company Member.
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Christopher Chen's plays include The Hundred Flowers Project, Mutt, The Late Wedding, The Window Age, Aulis: An Act of Nihilism in One Long Act, Home Invasion, and You Mean To Do Me Harm. Honors include the 2015-2016 Sundance Institute/Time Warner Foundation Fellowship for theater; the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, through which he was the 2013-2014 playwright-in-residence at The Vineyard Theatre in N.Y.; the Glickman and Barrymore Awards; a MAP Fund Grant. Current commissions include American Conservatory Theater, S.F. Playhouse, Crowded Fire and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Chris is a proud Bay Area native.
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Susannah, an extremely proud company member at Shotgun Players, is very excited to finally direct a full production of Mr. Chen's play, which she first helped develop in 2013 with 2by4 Theatre Company. She has directed and created theatre with Mugwumpin (company member), A.C.T., Aurora Theatre Company, Boxcar Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, Playwright's Foundation, Porchlight Theatre Company, the San Francisco International Arts Festival, San Francisco Playhouse, Sonoma County Rep, TheatreFIRST, TheatreWorks, Town Hall Theatre Company, and Z Space, among others. Susannah received her BFA in Theatre from NYU, and her MFA in Directing from UC Davis. susannahmartin.net
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Nina Ball has designed scenery for theatre companies near and far, but she is proud to call Shotgun home. Current and upcoming shows include Othello at Cal Shakes, Baskerville at Center Rep, Baltimore Waltz at the Magic and the rest of the season in rep here at Shotgun.
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Wesley Cabral is an award winning video artist and projection designer based in the Bay Area. Caught is Wesley's 1st production with Shotgun Players. He previously collaborated with Chris Chen on The Hundred Flowers Project at Crowded Fire Theater. Wesley has also designed for The Magic Theater, Marin Theatre Company, Golden Thread Productions, Cutting Ball Theater, Brava, Just Theater and Mugwumpin. In addition to theater Wesley's work has expanded to film, dance and installation. He is a graduate of the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and holds a BFA in Drawing.
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Rebecca Castelli is a voice teacher, dialect coach, and actress. Previous dialect coaching credits include: Grand Concourse at Shotgun Players; Top Girls at Shotgun Players; Grey Gardens at Custom Made Theatre; The Lover with Virago Theatre Company; Pygmalion with Town Hall Theatre Company; and Boston Marriage with Theatre Rhinoceros. Rebecca teaches singing and musical theatre at Berkeley Repertory School of Theatre, as well as out of her home studio in El Cerrito. She is also a founding member of the long-form improvisational group, The Incidentalists. rebeccacastelli.com
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Christine designs costumes for theatre, opera, and dance companies all over the Bay Area and is a proud company member of Shotgun Players and Just Theater. Recent credits include Eurydice and The Rover with Shotgun, Champion with Opera Parallèle, and Lulu with West Edge Opera. Check out her work online at christinecrook.squarespace.com
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Perry Fenton is thrilled to have been given her first opportunity to work with Shotgun Players on Caught! In the past, she has worked with Ragged Wing Ensemble as both an Actor and PA. She currently attends San Francisco State as a Theater and Classics major, where she is Assistant Directing Sofa Sin Casa by Roy Conboy for the fall semester.
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Nikita Kadam stage-manages for theater and dance companies around the Bay Area. Recent credits include Heart Shaped Nebula, Eurydice, and Hamlet with Shotgun, The San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Number Zero v2.0 with Smith/Wymore Disappearing Acts, and We Are Proud to Present… with Just Theater. Nikita has a degree in Technical Theater and Performance Studies from UC Berkeley. When she isn't stage-managing she coaches gymnastics at Golden Bear Gymnastics Club.
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Devon is a multidisciplinary artist with emphasis on vivid visual and special effects components. In eight short seasons she has fueled over 80 Bay Area productions with the physical artifacts that make them work. Devon is a Resident Artist with Crowded Fire Theater. She is thankful for her continued work with Shotgun Players. Check out her blog to see what she makes: giveherprops.wordpress.com. Love to Sam, Jo, and Roscoe.
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Ray Oppenheimer is excited to be back working with Shotgun. His work has previously been seen at the Ashby stage in Cryptogram, and the three year epic project The Coast of Utopia. He has also worked locally with The Magic Theatre, Crowded Fire, David Herrera Dance Co., and Center Rep.
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Leigh Rondon-Davis is delighted to be working on yet another show in this crazy rep! She attended Wellesley College and has previously worked with Shotgun on Heart Shaped Nebula, The Rover, and The Village Bike. Other local credits include Magic Theatre and Ubuntu Theater Project.
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matt stines is a noiseman and a stoked shotgun company member. favorites here include Hamlet, The Mousetrap, Eurydice, and Bonnie and Clyde. he makes sound art and strange musics as part of klanghaus and full grownmin, the latter of which is preparing for their 118th album release. he is a three-time BATCC award winner. learn more at mattstines.wordpress.com
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Molly Stewart-Cohn has been working in Bay Area lighting for a dozen years, at theaters including Berkeley Rep, CalShakes, the Magic, and Berkeley Playhouse. She is currently also the Master Electrician at SF Playhouse.
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Michelle Talgarow has been a company member since 2015. Her Shotgun performance credits have been The Skriker, As You Like It and Our Town. She directed Ohio State Murders for the 2015 Champagne reading series and will be directing Cherokee this season. Michelle was last seen in this summer's Hearts of Palm at Central Works. She is also a proud company member of Mugwumpin, where she was the AD for their show Blockbuster Season, also directed by Susannah Martin.
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